DISQUS

The Michigan Messenger: Muslim woman says Obama campaign kept her off-camera

  • Todd A. Heywood · 1 year ago
    The handling continues The Obama campaign has been handling the media and the crowds all along. I mentioned it from Grand Rapids, and I have discussed it among the other fellows. Obviously, some control has to be exerted in order to present the vision the campaign is seeking to project, but when basic values of human decency are being violated we need to start asking more questions. For instance, why is we as media are not allowed to wander the crowds? Here is a perfect example. This story would have been all over the news last night before Gore ever set foot on stage, and the furor would have overwhelmed the Gore endorsement.
  • Minehaha Forman · 1 year ago
    Less Media For some reason there was less media at this event than at the other MI events and it was one of the bigger rallies.  The risers for TV cameras were full, but the chairs for print, radio and internet media were for the most part empty. I wonder why that is?

      At Monday's event it was a lot easier for media to interact with the audience. I don't think they even cared if you went up into the stands. I did a couple times for pics.


    Also, this whole article is he said she said. It blew up and now everyone's following it, but ... I don't know. There's no way to prove anything, because no volunteer is really going to 'fess up and say, yeah I did that against the will of the campaign, and the campaign would never admit to anything even if they did single those women out.  So... go figure.